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Patented July 1%, 11928.

earse s'r TE WILLIAM n; WHITAKER, or alarms PARK, PENNSYLVANVFIIA.

MOP.

Applicationfiled June' 21,;1 526 I Serial No. 117,230 I,

My invention relates to mop s and more particularly to that type .of mop fused the purpose of cleaning and polishing floors.

Mops of the character to; which my invention relates, as heretofore produced, have til given a degree of satisfaction, but theyare .open to numerous objections. The so called polishing mops, as heretofore produced, are relatively bulky and not only involve in their structure anuneconomic amount of material, but they do not lend themselves to an even distribution of floor oilor polish, norto the production of a high polish on the floor.

Now it is the object of my invention to produce a mop which will be soconst'ructed as to provide an even distribution of floor oil or polishand to enable a floor to be polished to a high degree. Further objects of my invent-ion are to produce a mop with a minimum of materialand one which in ad dition to possessing a superiority in use, will possess a high degree of desirability.-

Having now indicated, in a general way, the nature and purpose of my invention, I will proceed to a detailed description there of with reference to the accompanying drawings in which there is illustrated a preferred embodiment and in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a mop embodying myinvention, in course of construction.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mop SlIOWII lII Fig. 1, at. a further stage in its construction.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a pad for application to the mop.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the mop as shown in Fig. 2, with the pad shown in Fig. 3- applied.

- Fig. 5 is an end view of the mop shown in Fig. 4, at'a'further stage in its construction.

Fig. 6 is an end view of the mop with its parts in position for final securing.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the completed mop. V

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the completed mop shown in Fig. 7.

Referring to the several figures, an indicates a plurality of strands of yarn of suitable length, which may be of any suitable size and which may be and preferably is waste material. The strands a are arranged in substantial parallelism toform an oblong mass of suitable thickness, as will be clearly seenby reference to Fig. 1. r i

About the strands aand centrally thereof,

the pad like portion.

is. placed a band Z), preferably "of cloth, and

secured tothe strands by alline of stitching 0, which extends midway of the ends of the strands and centrally of the band.

After,thejapplication of the band-Z2, the

strands and band are folded approximately on the line of stitching c, as shown in Fig. 2-, and a pad 0? applied thereto. The padd, preferably formed from some relatively heavy cloth, as canvas, is of oblong sha'pe having its corners trimmed off, and is pro vided centrally with-a slit or opening 6 of a length fequal to the strandsa. I The pad d. is applied to the assembled strands a by slippingthe pad over the folded strands andband, whichpass throu'glithe slit'e. The pad is then secured to the strands a and band 5 by a row'of stitching f ex- -tending around the pad adjacent to the slit or opening 6, as shown in Fig. 4:.

The free portion of the pad 1s then turned down on the line of stitching j to extend in i a plane, as shownin Fig. 5, and the ends of the several strands 4; arranged beneath the pad to extend in all directions from theedges of the pad, as shown in Fig. 6.

The strands a arranged as shown in Fig. 6 are secured to the pad by a plurality,-for

in Figs. 6 and 7.

width of the assembled example two, rows of stitching 'gfas shown v The central portions of the strands wand I band I), secured together and to thepad by stitching c and f and whichextend above the top of the pad, form a handle enabling the mop to be manipulateddirectly by hand or as a meansfor securing to the mop a separable handle. If the mop is to be provided with a separable handle, such may be secured through the medium of a grummet h, clamped or secured in any other desired manner.

It will now be observed that the accordance with my invention is so constructed as to provide a central relatively mop in stiff pad like portion composed of the portions of the strands a; secured beneath the pad d and a relatively free portion'composed of the end portions of the strands a, which extend in all directions from the edges of 7 It will also be observed that a handle member is, formed integral with the mop'struc'ture, which enables the mopto be used directly by hand or which may be usedfor securing a detachablehandie to the mop.

In use the mo will be found efficient for dusting or polis ling floors because of the combination of the pad like portion and the free end portion of the strands and the mop Will be found highly advantageous in oiling and polishing floors, since oil may be evenly applied to the pad like portionand from it Will'be distributed evenly to the free ends of the strands, by capillary attraction, thus insurTng an even distribution ofroil to the floor Without the distribution of excess oil 7 from any part of themop.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: r

1, A mop comprising a pad provided with an opening, a plurality of strands, a band secured centrally about said strands, said strandsand band being folded and extended through the opening in the pad, means securing said strands and band to the pad, ad- .7 Jacent said opening and means securing the strands t'o a'l ace of the pad in such a manher that the end portions of the strands Will extend beyond the confines of the pad in all,

directionsin the general plane of the pad;

, 2. A mop comprising a flat pad and a plurality of strands, the strands extending outwardly from a central portion of the pad, the intermediate portions of the strands I being looped upon themselves to form a handle, said strands being secured to the pad on opposite sides of said handle.

a 3. A mop'comprising a flat pad provided with an opening and a plurality of strands,

the strands extending outwardly from a central portion of the pad, the intermediate portions of the strands being looped upon themselves to form a handle, saidhandle extending through the opening in the pad.

4. A mop comprising a flat pad and a pluralityiof strands, the strands extending outwardly from a central portion of the pad, theinterme'diate portions of the strands being secured together by a band, said band and-intermediate portions of the strands 

